Countries

We work with the world’s poorest people in:

• the world’s poorest and least developed countries
• fragile states, where the government and institutions are unable to provide for the basic needs, or protect the rights, of the majority of the people
• countries affected by conflict, crises or natural disasters
• poor communities in ‘middle income countries’ – countries which are experiencing economic growth, but where inequality means that many people are left behind, and remain trapped in extreme poverty.

We also work in countries like the UK where we raise funds and carry out advocacy, campaigning and other activities to tackle global poverty.

The map above shows countries where we worked in financial year 2019-20. Orange pins show CARE member, affiliate member and candidate member countries; some of these countries may also implement programmes. Yellow pins show countries where CARE implements projects and initiatives. The exact number of countries where we deliver or support humanitarian and development projects can vary from time to time. The list below is of 89 countries where we supported projects or programmes in the financial year 2019-20.

Africa

• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Chad
• Côte d'Ivoire
• Democratic Republic of Congo
• Ethiopia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Kenya
• Liberia
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Senegal (limited CARE presence, mostly working through strategic partners)
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• South Africa
• South Sudan
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Uganda
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Asia and Pacific

• Afghanistan
• Bangladesh
• Cambodia
• Fiji (limited CARE presence, mostly working through strategic partners)
• India
• Indonesia
• Kiribati (limited CARE presence, mostly working through strategic partnerships)
• Laos
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Pakistan
• Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Samoa (limited CARE presence, mostly working through strategic partners)
• Solomon Islands (limited CARE presence, mostly working through strategic partners)
• Sri Lanka
• Thailand
• Timor-Leste
• Tonga (limited CARE presence, mostly working through strategic partners)
• Tuvalu (limited CARE presence, mostly working through strategic partners)
• Vanuatu
• Vietnam

Latin America

• Bolivia (limited CARE presence, mostly working through strategic partners)
• Brazil (limited CARE presence, mostly working through strategic partners)
• Colombia
• Costa Rica (limited CARE presence, mostly working through strategic partners)
• Cuba
• Ecuador
• El Salvador (limited CARE presence, mostly working through strategic partners)
• Guatemala
• Haiti
• Honduras
• Mexico (limited CARE presence, mostly working through strategic partnerships)
• Nicaragua (limited CARE presence, mostly working through strategic partnerships)
• Panama (limited CARE presence, mostly working through strategic partners)
• Peru
• Venezuela (limited CARE presence, mostly working through strategic partners)

Middle East & Europe

• Albania (limited CARE presence, mostly working through strategic partnerships)
• Armenia (limited CARE presence, mostly working through strategic partnerships)
• Azerbaijan (limited CARE presence, mostly working through strategic partnerships)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Croatia (limited CARE presence, mostly working through strategic partnerships)
• Egypt
• Georgia
• Greece (limited CARE presence, mostly working through strategic partners)
• Iraq
• Italy (limited CARE presence, mostly working through strategic partners)
• Jordan
• Kosovo
• Lebanon
• Macedonia (limited CARE presence, mostly working through strategic partners)
• Montenegro (limited CARE presence, mostly working through strategic partnerships)
• Palestine (West Bank/Gaza)
• Romania (limited CARE presence, mostly working through strategic partnerships)
• Serbia
• Syria (limited CARE presence, mostly working through strategic partnerships)
• Turkey
• Yemen

CARE members, affiliates and candidate members raise funds for CARE’s work, provide technical support and guidance for the humanitarian and development programmes in the countries listed above, and carry out advocacy, campaigning and other activities to tackle global poverty. Some CARE members and affiliates are in countries where CARE also delivers humanitarian and/or development programmes: Egypt, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Peru, Thailand. The full list of CARE International members, candidates and affiliates is: Australia, Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Sri Lanka, Thailand, UK, USA.

For more details about the CARE confederation, please see the About CARE page.